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Originally published in 1967. Ludwig Edelstein characterizes the idea of progress in Greek and Roman times. He analyzes the ancients' belief in a tendency inherent in nature or in man to pass through a regular sequence of stages of development in past, present, and future, the latter stages beingwith perhaps occasional retardations or minor regressionssuperior to the earlier. Edelstein's contemporaries asserted that the Greeks and Romans were entirely ignorant of a belief in progress in this sense of the term. In arguing against this dominant thesis, Edelstein draws from the conclusions of scholars of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and discusses ideas of Auguste Comte and Wilhelm Dilthey.

The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 26/01/2020
      ISBN13: 9781421435572, 978-1421435572
      ISBN10: 1421435578
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      Ancient history Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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      Book Synopsis
      Originally published in 1967. Ludwig Edelstein characterizes the idea of progress in Greek and Roman times. He analyzes the ancients' belief in a tendency inherent in nature or in man to pass through a regular sequence of stages of development in past, present, and future, the latter stages beingwith perhaps occasional retardations or minor regressionssuperior to the earlier. Edelstein's contemporaries asserted that the Greeks and Romans were entirely ignorant of a belief in progress in this sense of the term. In arguing against this dominant thesis, Edelstein draws from the conclusions of scholars of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and discusses ideas of Auguste Comte and Wilhelm Dilthey.

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